Dirigible headlight



C. DpREEVES. DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT. APPLICATIOIN FILED JULY 23, 1919-,1,410,50 Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION man JULY 23, 1919,

1,410,508, Patented Mar- 21, 1922.

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CLINTON D. REEVES, 0F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

DIRIGIBLE EEADLIGHT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON D. REEVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tacoma, in thecounty of Pierce and State of lVashington,have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in DirigibleHeadlights, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to dirigible headlights or lamps as used uponmotor vehlcles, and an object of the invention is to provide means whichmay be attached to any approved type of motor vehicle for supporting theheadlight or lamp thereof to permlt them to be, simultaneously moved,with each other and in unison with the steering wheel of the vehicle, sothat the path of the vehicle will be sufficiently illuminated, therebypreventing collision or accident when making a sharp turn, and toprovide means for operating the lamp which is connected to the steeringcross rod, for movement therewith, whereby the "shaft of light will .be;im. mediately varied with each adjustment of the front steering wheelto deviate the Qther objects of the invention will appear in thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this speci- Figure 1 is a top plan of afragment of the chassis of a motor vehicle showing the improved headlight operating means connected thereto. Figure 2 is a fragmentary Viewof the forward end of an-automobileQshowing the improved dirigibleheadlight applied thereto;

Figure 3 is a-"detail View partly in section and partly in sideelevation of one of the "supports for one of the headlights.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan of the mechanism illustrated inFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan, partly in section of the headlightoperating mechanism.

Figure 6 is a detail partly in side eleva' tion and partly in section ofthe lamp support other than that disclosed in Figure 3, and

Figure 7 is a detail view partly in section illustrating the manner ofconnecting the headlight to the cross rod of the steering mechanism ofthe vehicle.

Referring more particularly to the draw Specification of Letters Patent.Patqgnted Ma 21, 192% Application filed July 23, 1919. .Serial No.312,760.

ings, wherein like characters indicate like and corresponding partsthroughout the several views, A indicates a motor vehicle of anyapproved type including the front steering wheels 13 which are steeredbyany approved type of steering mechanism including the usual cross rod10. The, headlights or lamps 11 ordinarily used on the motor vehicle maybe employed in COIIIIGC- tion with the dirigible mechanism forsupporting and operating them and this mechanlsm including a standard 12which is attached to the chassis of the vehicle A in lieu of one of theusual lamp supporting standards.

The standard 12 has asubstantially triangularly shaped supported bracket13 attached to the forward side thereof near its upper end, and thisbracket rotatably supports the stem 14 of: the lamp carrying support 15.The stem 14 is provlded with the usual axial way 16 to permit thepassage of the cord or electric conducting wire 17 therethrough, whichsupplies the necessary current to the'lamp structure 11'. The support 15has a member 17 connected to the stem and arm thereof, to which mem hera substantiallyU-shaped bracket 18 is attached. The horizontal portionsor plates of the bracket 18 are provided with aligning slots 19, inwhich the upper and lower ends of a pin 20 engage. The pin 20 is carriedby the forward end of an arm 21. The arm 21 is pivotally connected bymeans of asuitable pin 22 to the upper end of the standard 12, and thisarm 21 is provided wit-ha plurality of openings'23' and 24- by means ofwhich adjustment of the connection of the armwith the standard 12 may behad to accommodate different shapes of lamps and cars.

The outer end of the arm or lever 21 is preferably forked as shown at25, and a forked arm 26 is pivotally connected thereto. A verticallyextending lever 27 is pivotally connected to the outer forked end of thearm 26 and it is pivotally supported intermediate its ends by a bracket28 which is in turn supported by the standard 12. A rod 29 is connectedto the lower end of the lever 27 and has its end remote from this leverforked, as shown at. 30. A coupling member 31 is pivotally connected tothe forked end 30 of the rod 29 and carries a U- shaped bolt 32 which isadapted to engage about the cross rod 10 of the steering mechanism ofthe vehicle A. The coupling mem ber 31 is shaped to snugly fit about thecross rod 10 to securely connect the operating rod 29 to this cross rod.1 The member 17 has an arm 33 connected thereto to which arm a cross rod34 is pivot: ally connected. The cross rod 34 extends across the frontof the vehicle from the supporting bracket structure carried by thestandard 12 to the opposite side of the vehicle where it is connected toan arm 35. The arm 35 is carried by the member 36 which is attached tothe stem of the lamp snpporting fork 37. The member 36 rests upon theupper horizontal portion of a substantially triangularly shaped bracket38 which rotatably'receives the stem 39 ofthe fork 3? and is attached tothe standards 40- corresponding to the standard'lQ and positioned at theopposite side ofvthe Vehicle. The stem 39 of the member 36 is providedwith a to receive therethrough the electric conducting cord 11 forpermitting of the connection of the lamp 11 carried by the fork 3:7"with the usual cu t S pp y Source for the lamp.

In operation, as a vehicle driver operates the steering mechanism insuch manner that the, steering rod 10 is moved to the right for turningthe vehicle wheels to the left, the rod 29' which pivotally engages thelever 27, will operate said lever 27 to operate the same transversely ofthe motor vehicle. The 7 lever 21 pivotally connected upon the standard12 is" then rocked, by means of the link connection 26, in such mannerthat the forked end 25 of said lever 21 moves to the left of themotorvehicle. This throws the slotted end of the arm 18 to the right androcks the lamp '11 upon its support 15 to the left and which is thedirection in which the vehicle is about to turn. Due to the rod 34connecting with the bracket 35 of the headlight mounting fork 37, thesame will be rocked in the same relation and synchronous with themovement of the lamp on fork 15, by means of the mechanismheretobeforedecr be Changes in details may be made-without departingfrom the spirit of this invention, but;

I claim? 1. A dirigible headlight, comprising in combination a standard,a. bracket mounted on said standard, a lamp support pivotally carried bysaid bracket, a rearwardly extending armhaving a slot therein carried bysaid lamp support, a lever pivotally carried by said standard, andhaving a projection thereon engaging through the slot of said rearwardlyextending arm, a second lever pivotally carried by said bracket, andmeans pivotally connecting said levers for oscillation of said firstmentioned lever to oscillate the lamp support upon rocking of saidsecond lever.

2. In a dirigible headlight, the combination with a motor Vehicle havinga steerin mechan m h r in lu ng a cros o off Standard mounted on saidmotor vehicle, a bracket extending forwardly therefrom, a lamp supportpivotally carried by said forwardly extending bracket, an arm having alongitudinal slot therein mounted on the support, a lever extendinglongitudinally of the motor vehicle and pivotally mounted on saidstandard, and having a pin thereon engaging the slot of said arm, a linkcarried by said lever, a second lever pivotally carried by said standardand engaging said link, and a connecting rod pivotally carried by saidsecond mentioned lever and engaging said cross rod for oscillation ofsaid lamp support upon operation of the steering mechanism.

3. A dirigible headlight comprising a base plate, a supporting standard,a lamp structure ,pivotally mounted on said supporting standard, a leverpivotally mounted upon said standard and engaging said lamp structurefor oscillating said lamp, a second-lever pivotally mounted on saidstandard, a link pivotally'connectingthe first and second mentionedlevers, and means connecting said second mentioned lever and saidsteering mechanism for rocking said lamp structure upon movement of saidsteering mechanism.

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